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Cancer now kills more than heart disease

Deaths from both fall, but heart disease at faster rate

Wednesday, January 19, 2005 Posted: 3:51 PM EST (2051 GMT)

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(AP) -- For the first time, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the top killer of Americans under 85, health officials said Wednesday. The good news is that deaths from both are falling, but improvement has been more dramatic for heart disease.

"It's dropping fast enough that another disease is eclipsing it," said Dr. Walter Tsu, president of the American Public Health Association.

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